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VOL. LXX, No. 188
34 PAGES—500 N BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1959
EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Governor Defends Cannon’s Role
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Tossed Probers
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For Quiz
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Steel Snarl
Brings Rail
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have state agents check it out,”
and Cannon," Miskovsky de-
Governor's Aid Eyed
Raiders
usually better to have the ad- the duration of the steel strike.”
Cannon is serving as the gover-
vice of an attorney. That's why
Employes affected include 200
checking it out.
in the mechanical repair shop vities of county commissioners
it of 450 at West
over to the Oklahoma county at- 488 at Lincoln, Neb., the rail-
is using agents of the state bu-
would be called back to work.
reau
running down the leads. Edmond-
tion sent him by county residents,
BULLETINS
jury.
legal assistant.
Police charged the three were J the “club town’
claimed by Miskovsky, but that
"after-hours" bootleggers — re- miles
of the Oklahoma City
"I’d like for the grand jury to
ers who want a bottle after the
expenditure of funds,'
Miskov-
things ever assembled. Alsa
WASHINGTON IP - President
North Little Rock
stabbed in the abdomen as
Has Bomb Scare
P
The Weather
City officials served final warn- juts into the street right of way.
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Miller said the building was
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Fair and mild through this
Stillwater and SH 40 is under 85, low 60. (Details, Page 33)
HOURLY TEMPERATURE
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Tell Me Why
supported by France.
building and would explode some-
time after 6 a.m.
(See FREY-Page 2)
1401 S Agnew, which allegedly
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Big Missile
Blows Up
Last Warning Issued
On Store in Street
Senator Questions Other
Major State Purchases;
Political Battle Grows
Patrol Opens
Grid Season
525 Lose Jobs
As Burlington
Tightens Belt
After-Hours Sale
Charged as City
Hotels Are Hit
Over Cape
Rocket Men Safe;
Animals in Cone
Meet Fiery Death
Ike Orders Medal
For Rocket Leader
Edmondson Has
No Objections
To Capitol Peek
Frey is the son of the late
Mike Frey, notorious Oklahoma
City bootlegger, and nephew of
H. O. "Hank” Frey, equally no-
veracity of Joe Cannon than I
(See GOVERNOR—Page 2)
declaring he did not think it
proper to reveal things that
tomey, and that's what we did.”
He said that James W. Bill
Berry, county attorney, asked
that Cannon continue to investi-
gate the leads before they are
Miskovsky did not say what the
autos cost, but charged they are
air-conditioned and that the pur-
ball of fire and smoke as it wai
ripped by tons of exploding fuel
Flaming pieces of the broker
Jupiter showered down on the
launchers. It appeared most ol
was writing the grand jury a let-
ter mentioning specific things he
ing here Wednesday on the build-
ers of a misplaced liquor'store
to move their structure out of the
street right of way or face pos-
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CAPE CANAVERAL ( - A
Jupiter missile carrying 14 preg
dictaphones for the gov-1
emor’s office.
In asking for an investigation |
of Cannon’s relationship with the
employment service operator,
Miskovsky charged the operator
is charging applicants 40 percent
of their first pay checks for land-
ing them the positions and that
he has been able to place 63 per-
sons on the state payroll.
spending practices of the Ed-
mondson administration.
The governor said after news of
the county commissioner invest!-
medal for the late Prof. Robert
H. Goddard in recognition of his
pioneering achievements in rock-
et research.
Dr. Goddard, known as the
father of modem rocketry, de-
veloped rocket devices as early
as World war I. Included was the
forerunner of the modem Bazoo-
ka which became a major anti-
tank weapon In World war II.
Times Talk ...
TV Key ......
Vital Statistics
control.
A search of the building failed
to locate a bomb.
individual points would vary too
much to enable an estimate,
he said.
Amusements .....
Classified Section
Comics ..........
Oil Reports ......
Markets .........
if the grand jury wants to look
into it, it will be all right with
him.
The governor said he knows
nothing of any relationship be-
tween Cannon and a private em-
homa county grand jury Wednesday to investigate the „
relationship between a private employment service
operator here and Joe Cannon, legal assistant to Gov.
Edmondson.
gation was published, his office
received letters from Oklahoma
county citizens who outlined sev-
eral possible law violations.
Cannon's Aid Asked
road said.
Employes Notified
The spokesman said it would
3” 2"
1hs 2‘ag
construction south of Perkins.
There is also a detour north of
Bradbury corner where IS 35
the operator received telephone
calls that bombs had been placed
By WAYNE MACKEY
State Sen. George Miskovsky called on the Okla-
son said.
Source Withhold
The governor declined to dis-
last weekend.
Will Receive Pay
He said notice of the proposed thinks should be investigated,
close the nature of the informa- layoffs was given to employes
AURORA, Ill. (UP1>—The Bur-
lington railroad Wednesday an-
)
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1956 was brought up. package built into the missile for
i “The question of Hungary has that purpose.
stuck in some people's throats The Jupiter was to have car
as a dead rat," he said. shak- ried its flying menagerie some
ing a finger at the audience 300 miles into space and 1,501
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The highway patrol’s annual
fall traffic headache will begin
Saturday when Oklahoma State
university opens its football sea-
son against the University of
Cincinnati at Stillwater.
Lieut. Bert George said 21 pa-
trol cars and a patrol airplane
will be assigned to handle traf-
fic. Fans are urged to leave
early and stay in line.
The patrol lieutenant reminded
football fans that several high-
way construction projects will
slow traffic around Stillwater.
SH 51 has a detour around
sky declared, "especially since
they claim we are short of funds
with which to build highways.”
He said he understands the
highway department is without
authority to purchase an air-
plane, but that an eight-place
plane has been ordered for the
director’s use.
Miskovsky said he is prepared
Wednesday he has no objection
to the Oklahoma grand jury in-
vestigating “anything in state
government."
He also explained to reporters
at his morning press conference
why his legal assistant, Joe Can-
non, is running down evidence
on county commissioner spending
for the grand jury.
ment, the purchase by the
department of the air-con-
ditioned cars which Mis-'
kovsky said cost more j
than the law allowed and j
the purchase of several!
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Rock, and maintains its own
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---------- _ she quoted him as saying the schools. The schools are,segre-
with France or autonomy bomb had been placed in the gated, and have not had the race
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schools.
Greatest Paid Afternoon Circulation in Oklahoma
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proper location by the end of the vate property for which the build- Smut Merchants
week, the case will be turned ing permit was issued.' Sport* ..........
over to the municipal legal de- A portion of it apparently en- Teen Page ......
partment for action. croaches into the street right of
It was the second and appar- way on SW 13 (The store. built
ently final warning given Michael in June, is located on the south-
Marion Frey's liquor store at
— — _ T ----- a letter to contractor J. T. I the 30-foot store last week, said
the new Interstate 35 west of evening. Cooler Thursday. High Majors that unless he was able it appears only four feet of the
— en 4 i " »c L ma "n--" a mi to prove that the store is in its building actually is on the pri-
fidence in the integrity and Eisenhower Wednesday signed a
bill authorizing issuance of a gold
----------—Showed annoyance when the j tected a malfunction.
Moler made the statement after it was learned that Question of Soviet suppression of I The safety officer pressed 1
the Hungarian revolution of button that ignited an explosive
Legality Questioned .
Wednesday, Moler telephoned She sat in a car on Main
the Canadian county clerk's office street Wednesday and her
and learned that an application former husband was jailed,
to form the town had been filed EAmona 91 i..o.
last August 31, and the board Edmond Nixon, 34, surren-
of county commissioners called dered to peace justice Ralph
an election for September 11. Giles and admitted stab- NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.,' Miller said he announced over
The six residents of the town bing his ex-wife Ionise (UPI)—North Little. Rock . high the public address system that
voted in favor of incorporation. ) h „ ’ ' ' school officials emptied the build- classes were being dismissed for
26. She was taken to a ing of 1,560 students Wednesday the d d t ™
(See ANNEX—Page 2) local hospital, after an anonymous telephoned ver Which the htd R
Edmondson was hitting back at I (eg
state Sen. George Miskovsky, of I AvAffG
Oklahoma City, who has asked! —AGj •119
the grand jury to investigate *
comes into the four lane test
road.
Kickoff time will be 2 p.m. in-
stead of 1:30 p.m. as in past
years.
legitimate outlets have closed poration will be challenged on county attorney Tom Smith any questions which might have into the huge cone with one o
"fnt"nat WeresrS 'Em sroundinthaormningate law Pro and three other ...................
industry business, he said, early allowed by law.
completion of scheduled repair "I’dlikefrt _ _2
programs also contributed to the look into this seemingly illegal
layoffs. expenditure of funds," Miskov
, WASHINGTON (P — Nikita S. Khrushchev appealed
V/ Wednesday for broad agreement between the United
“ . ! States and the Soviet Union to avoid a future of “ashes
sible legal consequences.
Paul Clowers, director of the torious gambler.
Gov. Edmondson
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Edward Wright, 21 S Robinson, of a citv with more than 200000 spread burglary ring The Khrushchev himself abruptly aboard ere onions and mustard
were arrested arter anoiiistthn"ithamoresthanazobropoeharges wererilednfteragndedahenauqstionperdangaqtezmcdnumuanbodannasschread
taken to the grand jury. Cannon strike the laid off rail employes said he was told the grand jury
‘ "g g , h “ J. .. j u. . would look into anything Mis-
of criminal investigation in Resumption of shipments from kovsky turned up.
— j " 1—51 “....... - The senator said Wednesday he
ployment service operator that
Miskovsky has asked the grand
jury to investigate.
"But I have a lot more con-
be impossible to determine how-----
long after settlement of the steel grand jury foreman Tuesday He
-----------„„------------.,’ A Burlington spokesman called connection there is between him farm research chief. (AP wirephoto).
Edmondson said. the layoffs, effective Thursday
"In something like that, it’s night, "temporary and keyed to dared.
. ________________ uu. __ nor's representative in helping
I asked Joe Cannon to assist in out of a working force of 420 the grand jury investigate acti-
Admitted he used the expres- pad at 6:45 a.m. (EST). It veerec
sion "We will bury you,” withI sharply off course almost im
regard to western capitalism. 1 mediately.
"I believe," he said, "I did As it climbed unsteadily i
use that expression once, and I belched a long tail of fire from
will try to explain what it its powerful engines
• • • Suddenly it erupted in a huge
- - - Employes who were laid off
would be presented to a grand will, be eligible for daily com- Iwo men were ocu nela
’ z , pensation ranging from $4.50 to rector, and Roland A. Walters, Oklahoma City officers for in- site of the widely known
The governor said he has no $10.20 under the federally-ad. legal assistant UKianoma -..oens 0 " I .. _ .
information about highway de- ministered, rail-supported rail-
partment purchases of air condi- road unemployment insurance
tioned cars or an airplane, program. said.
"b" K.a "he In addition to decreased steel chase price exceeds the amount
meaning the Soviet system — ocean.
eventually will replace capital- Missile Destroyed
The department of defense an-
yestigationatwith aIw’S Canadian Countyclub. wEwog, pi a, "They feel it unpleasant yet miles down the Atlantic missile
na I, sonsnered wa thid. nt Help Requested " EW Oh A ( UPI) — Sec- cannot spit it out." range. Ships and planes waited
papdua osfineeand three were Moler verified Wednesday that ond-degree burglary war- He then insisted he was warm- near the West Indies island 0
"after-hours" bootleggers - rethee"cluh the" Oklahoma” five rants were issued Wednes. >7 welcomed in Hungary long Antigua hoping to recover the
selin legal liouor to custom- miles a th 6 Oklahoma - Ci ty dav for former Seminole after the uprising and "we have nose cone and its precious cargo
Se who want iortztoafustom-limits, and indicated the incor-dax for former Seminole a long time ago done away with The mice and frogs packet
NIKITA FEARS ‘WORLD IN ASHES’
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Scoffed at the possibility the na”1 mice and two frogs exploder
Soviet Union might lay territo- Wednesday 10 seconds after
rial claim to the moon. "This launching.
question," he said, reflects The shot was to have been 1
capitalist psychology of persons j test of the effects of space flight
thinking in terms of private on the tiny animals and severs
ownership ... we look upon other biological samples packet
this as our victory, meaning the in the nose cone.
victory not only of all countries The would-be space traveler!
"We found it was of sufficient here, 275 out
stature that it should be turned Burlington, Iowa, and 50 out of
mpmmyrm । Stock Prices | Red to Offer
I ■ Oklahoma City Times New Arms Cut I
city planning department, said in City officials, after inspecting
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but of all mankind." met a fiery death when the Jup
c o., uez wmsxwumsmmasmsmmzeszen wamumum ss 'Burial' Explained iter blew apart about 1,000 feet
------. _ Miskovsky said he understands TALKING TURKEY in a merry mood, Soviet Premier Khrushchev fondled a big n• bronosals m his"dres Pieces of the vehicle fell bad
nounced scheduled layoffs of 525 the operator is a friend of Can- white gobbler Wednesday at the Beltsville, Md., experimental farm and philoso- but appealed for settlement of on the launching area.
phized that Russia and this country could gain peace by raising turkeys (pre- "problems that have already Rocket Veers Sharply
• arisen and are ready for solu- No one in the area was hurt.
(ion •• । The 60-foot rocket rose from its
Jail Two, New City Due
• 7 . He then explained he was re-
ferring to the historical force of
development of social and eco-
nomic systems which, he in- . ..
sisted, are subject to change. He the missile pieces landed on the
said he believes socialism — cape rather than the nearby
in Oklahoma county.
Miskovsky made his first de-
mand for an investigation of
purchasing by the Edmondson A 1 m
Related News?Pages 22 rab Rum Law Challenge
By BILL THOMAS ism, and thus that type of social-
Assistant city attorney Ed Moler said Wednesday ism, he indicated, would be nounced several minutes later
he may go through the governor in an effort to chai- present at the death of the that the range safety, officer de
i ., .. , „ .. , other system. liberately destroyed the big mis-
Alcoholic beverage control enge the incorporation of Canadian county’s newest Claim, Hungary Welcome sile when his instruments de-
_ board inspectors and Oklahoma town- -anadian. ity.
Names Promised City vice squad officers swept I' 2 2___1__________
Miskovsky charged to a report- down on two hotels early Wednes- the new town, populated
er that highway department day and confiscated 20 pints of L, .C1 1.1
funds have been expended for tax-paid whisky by only siX persons, had
autos for Lee.B. Washbourn, di- TWo men were being held by voted to incorporate at the
They were arrested after an population. <
A nspeetor “enonst with The city counselor disclosed he safe stolen from a Wewoka ries on a wide variety of sub- gae cells, sea urchin eggs ant
marked bills seeking to buyalready. has reguestedthe gover-drug store July 14 was re-jects. The suddenness of his de-radiation emulsion packs.
Whisky. He said Wright, the Ji helPinconhallepgingthe covered from Wewoka lake cision to end the session brought The National Aeronautics and
manager cold him lo talk lo Fos Ranchwood Manor. and declared by two highway patrolmen. (See NIKITA-Page 11 (See MISSILE—Penn 2)____
ism wpaw p « He sold * a pintabay -Xj55 Xt HENRYETTA (UPI - Third False Alarm
(S- WRANGLE—Page 2) (See RAID—Paga 2) request the validity of this new -A mother of three was
est town be tested.” "
Legal Action Looms
"We received in the mail infor- employes at three points partly
mation from Oklahoma county cit- due to the extended steel indus- “I believe the grand jury should
izens asking us if we wouldn’t try strike. call in this operator and see what sumably instead of raising armies). Among hosts was Dr. Byron Shaw, right,
The Oklahoma county lawmaker also asked that the
declared grand jury inquire into the purported purchase of an
eight-passenger airplane by the state highway depart-
I, )
—---school officials emptied the build- classes
26. She was taken to a ing of 1,560 students Wednesday
local hospital, after an anonymous telephoned
sasuasaanzomunsamannunuumnsma bomb threat.
TLA21 .7 PARIS (J) — President It was ‘he third threat this
W hat’s inside Charles de Gaulle Wednes- weksat the nonsintegrated white
day night offered Algeria’s Principal G. E. Miller said the ___
27-32 9 million north Africans the switchboard received the call at emptied twice last Monday when
24 right to decide their own 8:50 a.m, (CST). The caller, ap-
... s destiny, at lb. latest four sy wanmamuernsisted upon in the buildig. - —1
7 years after the return of The operator said the principal North Little Rock is an in-
... 23-24-25 peace to the rebellion-torn was not available, and the man dependent municipality across
20 country The choice offered argued with her, becoming the Arkansas river from Little
■■ was secession, integration"nastyandinsistent.", .... -.....
ge and graves” for the world. At the same time he boasted
62 that "the time is not far away when we will be ahead
1 of you" in the development of over-all national economy.
In his first major speech on American soil, the So-
d viet premier announced he intended to submit a new
E proposal on disarmament to the United Nations. He
PJ addresses the world organization in New York Friday.
NH The world communist boss, appearing before the Na-
8 tional Press club, National Women’s Press club and
Overseas Writers at a luncheon, said he believed he and
s) President Eisenhower will concentrate their attention
■■ in forthcoming historic talks upon over-all easing of in-
H ternational tensions and the problems of divided Ger-
Vg many.
But he described disarmament as “the most burning
dp issue of our time.”
E Deftly fielding questions from his audience, Khru-
3 shchev smilingly declared the Soviet Union was on its
h" way to surpassing the American economy. As he spoke,
I he drew one forefinger
1 past the other to illustrate
hj his point.
Bi "If we were far behind, we are
dh rapidly catching up," he said,,
E "and we think the time is not
E far away when we will be that
E far ahead of you "
Won't Claim Moon
E His remark was in response to
E one of many questions. Answer-
E ing others. Khrushchev also:
Denied the Soviet rocket shot
I to the moon was timed on
HP purpose so that it immediately
j preceded his visit to the United
? States.
" ”I would like you to ask your
L own scientists whether it is pos-
2 sible to set a date.”
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